MI vs RCB head to head in IPL, Past Battles to watch out

Today sees a mouth-watering clash of two of the best sides in the IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhade Stadium. Champions Mumbai will look to resurrect their campaign after two losses in their three games. Their batting line up doesn’t seem to be in great form and have not been able give the best start in their last two games. The Mumbai franchise experimented with their batting line up and that did not pay dividends. For them to be in the game, captain Rohit Sharma needs to open along with Martin Guptill and provide them a foundation to build on.

RCB on the other have had a great run with the bat with consistent performances by Kohli and AB putting up 190 plus totals on both occasions, but their bowling has been their main undoing. The inexperienced bowling line-up spearheaded by Shane Watson has been taken to the cleaners in both the games as they gave away 180 against SRH and lost to DD even after putting up 190 on the board. RCB are dearly missing their pace spearhead Mitchell Starc who is missing for the whole IPL due to injury.

When it comes the head to head out of the 17 games RCB has won 8 and MI has a slight edge with 9 wins.

RCB vs MI head to head Records

Date	RCB	MI	Result
10 May 2015	235/1	196/7	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 39 runs
19 April 2015	191/7	209/7	Mumbai Indians won by 18 runs
6 May 2014	168/8	187/5	Mumbai Indians won by 19 runs
19 April 2014	116/3	115/9	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets
27 April 2013	136/7	194/7	Mumbai Indians won by 58 runs
4 April 2013	156/5	154/5	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 2 runs
14 May 2012	171/6	173/5	Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets
9 May 2012	142/1	141/6	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 9 wickets
27 May 2011	185/4	142/8	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 43 runs
12 April 2011	140/4	143/1	Mumbai Indians won by 9 wickets
21 April 2010	149/9	184/5	Mumbai Indians won by 35 runs
17 April 2010	134/9	191/4	Mumbai Indians won by 57 runs
20 March 2010	155/3	151/9	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets
10 May 2009	141/7	157/2	Mumbai Indians won by 16 runs
3 May 2009	150/1	149/4	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 9 wickets
28 May 2008	122/9	126/1	Mumbai Indians won by 9 wickets
20 April 2008	166/5	165/6	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets

Notable Encounters

10th May 2015: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Mumbai): This match saw the Royal Challengers post 235 on the board in 20 overs. AB de Villiers scored a brilliant 133 of just 59 balls at the strike rate of 225 and was ably partnered by Kohli who scored an 80 of 50 balls. AB played a sublime innings and took the game away in the first innings itself. Mumbai Indians started well with Lendl Simmons scoring a 60 and Pollard scored a 49 as well but chasing 235 always seemed like a distant dream. MI did give a fight though and were able to score 196 off their 20 overs.

Match result: RCB won by 39 runs. MOM: AB de Villiers

15th April 2015: RCB vs MI (Bangalore): The first time the two faced off in the IPL 2015, Mumbai was put into bat by RCB after they won the toss. Simmons, Rohit and Chand scored fifties to take MI to a good total of 209 of their 20 overs. RCB started badly as they lost wickets at quick intervals but at one stage AB looked like he was going to take the game away after an 11 ball cameo where he scored 43 runs. David Wiese also scored 45 of 23 balls but it was not enough to take RCB home. Harbhajan Singh was adjudged the MOM for his bowling figures of 3 for 27.

Match result: MI win by 18 runs. MOM: Harbhajan Singh

6th May 2014: MI vs RCB (Mumbai): Batting first Mumbai put up 189 for the loss of 5 wickets in their 20 overs riding on efforts from captain Rohit Sharma and Pollard, both scoring fifties, helping MI put up a total which would put pressure on the RCB’s batting line-up. RCB's much-maligned batting line up wilted under pressure as they lost wickets at regular intervals despite a good start. Virat Kohli tried anchoring the innings remaining not out on 38. But, was left being a mere spectator as wickets kept tumbling down at the other end, as they succumbed to a 19 run loss.

Match result: MI won by 19 runs. MOM: Rohit Sharma

19th April 2014: RCB vs MI (Dubai): The match was played in Dubai due the General Elections and Mumbai were able to muster up only 115 of their 20 overs with just four batsmen reaching double figures and Rayudu top scoring with 35. RCB chased it down easily despite losing both Virat and Yuvraj for ducks. Parthiv Patel and AB scored 57 and 45 respectively to take RCB home to a 7 wicket victory with 2.3 overs to spare.

Match result: RCB won by 7 wickets. MOM: Parthiv Patel

27th April 2013: MI vs RCB (Mumbai): The Mumbai Indians put up a strong batting performance, scoring 194 at the end of 20 overs, on a good batting surface at the Wankhade, with Dwayne Smith scoring a fifty for the hosts. RCB on the other hand made a mess of their chase losing wickets at regular intervals and found themselves at 86 for 8 at one stage. But the number 8 and 9 batsmen Vinay Kumar and Ravi Rampaul put up a 51 run partnership and saw to it that RCB were not bowled out and played out their full quota of 20 overs.

Match result: MI won by 58 runs. MOM: Dwayne Smith.